Morning Coffee: Is A Career Year Enough For McDavid To Win The Hart?

Connor McDavid has set a new career-high with 118 points this season.

Is it enough for him to win the Hart Memorial Trophy?

McDavid posted his 44th multi-point game of the 2021-22 season in a loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday.

While he’s now four points up on Jonathan Huberdeau in the Art Ross Trophy race, McDavid remains the second choice to win the Hart at FanDuel Sportsbook.

I’m not proposing that McDavid deserves to be the favourite, but it’s interesting to see him at +300 in a year in which he is at 118 points with three games to go.

With the regular season wrapping up this week, it will be interesting to see if McDavid to win the Hart gets a little more attention. 

Here’s the TSN EDGE Morning Coffee for Monday, April 25th, 2022.

Hart Conversation Still Focused On Matthews, McDavid

Auston Matthews remains the favourite to win the Hart at -300 at FanDuel Sportsbook.

Matthews, who picked up two assists in Sunday’s win over the Washington Capitals, is up to 104 points.

Most career multi-point road games by a player in @MapleLeafs franchise history: 118- Mats Sundin 103- Darryl Sittler 84- Borje Salming 71- Dave Keon 65- Auston Matthews (Posting 2 assists in his team's 4-3 shootout win vs the Capitals tonight) 64- George Armstrong 64- Rick Vaive pic.twitter.com/2UrmgGhQCm

Matthews has 14 fewer points than McDavid, but 15 more goals with six fewer games played.

Meanwhile, Johnny Gaudreau remains the third choice to win the Hart at +1000, followed by Jonathan Huberdeau at +2000 at FanDuel. 

As far as I’m concerned, Matthews deserves to be the frontrunner to win the Hart.

Make it a career year for Connor McDavid.@cmcdavid97 notched his 117th point of 2021-22 to establish a single-season career high.#NHLStats: